[Python-apps-team] hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

[Javi Merino]

On 01/02/11 22:58, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Vincent Danjean wrote:
> 
>>   If Javi has free time, he will perhaps forward your bug report to
>> upstream but this kind of changes will have more chances to be applied
>> if someone that really want them propose them to upstream.
> 
> Yes, my only goals were
> 
>  1. to record the bug, providing a place for myself and others to
>     coordinate work as time allows
> 
>  2. to hopefully see the report passed on to someone who cares
>     upstream.
> 
> You might say I should have filed a bug on the upstream bugtracker
> for (2), but I do not know the upstream conventions, whether a
> mailing list is a better place for this kind of thing than the bug
> tracker, whether there is a "most bug reports without patches will
> result in flames" rule like glibc, and so on.

As I said in the bug report, I think the mailing list
(mercurial-devel at selenic.com) would be appropriate for this. They are
not prone to flame and are generally friendly.

> I also don't know what goals upstream has with respect to manpages.
> I know one goal in the Debian project is for manpages to be clear.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Jonathan
> 

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